SierraLeone@UN Canada Mission UN España en la ONU Luxembourg at the UN🇱🇺🇺🇳 Baker McKenzie Justice With Children Global Initiative @GSCDL 🙏 thank you to organising partners @cfj_en Centre for Child Law ChildFund Alliance Child Identity Protection (CHIP) Defence for Children International The International Legal Foundation Legal Empowerment Fund OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Pathfinders United Nations SRSG on Violence against Children Terre des hommes UNICEF Universiteit Leiden UN Office on Drugs & Crime & special thanks to all speakers and attendees, online and in-person, for your support.

📣 NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC)’s Executive Director Martin Kimani will be moderating the pivotal side event hosted by the United States 🇺🇸 at the 2024 High-Level Political Forum (#HLPF2024), “Turning the Tide: Scaling SDG 16 for the Future, Reinforcing Access to Justice, and Advancing Democracy.” 🎯

We Access to Justice Lab are so thrilled to work on this project with The International Legal Foundation and the partners in #Kenya!

The ILF was happy to participate in this discussion that brought together key experts and organizations working to advance access to justice across the U.S. and around the world. Thank you to Office for Access to Justice. We look forward to continued collaboration on #SDG16.

Thank you to KAS New York Office for hosting us for this important discussion and to all who attended! Cooperation between government and civil society is critical for the advancement of equal access to justice for all.

🌍 The journey toward #EqualJusticeForAll begins in Brasília! Thanks to the leadership of the Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública and the support of Canada, Day 1 of the Expert Group Meeting on UNGA Resolution 78/227 brought global experts together to tackle barriers to justice. Stay tuned!

Happy 2025!! We invite you to read our first #UNAgoraBlog post. Our partner, Jennifer Smith, Executive Director of The International Legal Foundation reflects on a recently adopted #UNGA resolution regarding "Equal Access to Justice for All." shorturl.at/7z11G #KASNY4RuleOfLaw

We are excited to be in Sri Lanka kicking off #DecrimSA with Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust . We’ll be discussing how we can collaboratively address discrimination and criminalization in criminal justice systems across South Asia.

"These convenings are critically important to push States to understand the ways in which they're falling short in meeting their legal obligations" - Jennifer Smith, Executive Director The International Legal Foundation #DecrimSA #DecrimSL2025

Kicking off our first panel with Dr. Usha Ramanathan, Ambika Satkunanathan, Raju Prasad Chapagai, Shikha Pandey, & JALAHAN AMARA JAKEMA on the way laws & policies enable discrimination of marginalized and vulnerable groups. #DecrimSA #DecrimSL2025

"There are different communities in our specific countries - but the patterns in the laws and practices used against them are similar. I see a commonality and a correlation in the injustice." Shikha Pandey The International Legal Foundation #DecrimSA #DecrimSL2025 #DecrimPoverty Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty & Status

Ready for Day 2! Atay tuned for live updates! #DecrimSA #DecrimSL2025 Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty & Status The International Legal Foundation

Panel 2 for Day 2 on the impact of regional litigation and networking, & international standards on enabling reform - in conversation with Zaved Mahmood from UN Human Rights, Wayua Matheka from ICJ Kenya, Daron Tan from ICJ and @Conkquest from The International Legal Foundation #DecrimSA #DecrimSL2025

Leah @Conkquest from The International Legal Foundation "There is so much burden on civil society to fight the fight. We need to shift some of this burden back to the government and strategize how to do that." #DecrimSA #DecrimSL2025

The final session for the Convening moderated by Jennifer Smith from The International Legal Foundation, with Ambika Satkunanathan, Jojoh FAAL SY from Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty & Status and Subha Wijesiriwardena from Just Futures Collaborative, on next steps for #Decrim initiatives #DecrimSA #DecrimSL2025

And that's a wrap! An incredible session on learning and reflecting on our shared histories and challenges. A big thank you to our insightful panelists and enthusiastic participants #DecrimSA Ambika Satkunanathan #DecrimSL2025 The International Legal Foundation Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty & Status

Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty & Status Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust Martin Macwan emphasised the importance of making the law accessible to marginalised communities: "You might know the truth, but unless you can explain it, it has no meaning." #decrimSA #DecrimSL2025 Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty & Status The International Legal Foundation

Every day, we fight for children like Nader, not only to keep them out of detention, but to ensure they get the resources & support they need to live happy, healthy lives and prevent future conflict with the law. Thank you UNICEF Tunisie for your support.